Etymology

chokanye

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Today it means: A shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /ts/ to merge into /tʃ/. Full definition →

Russian чо́канье
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The story

  1. Russian · borrowed fromчо́канье
  2. English todaychokanye

Borrowed from Russian чо́канье (čókanʹje).

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